Abstract
espanolLa peste fue el shock demografico mas devastador registrado en la historia de la humanidad. Sin embargo, los efectos en la poblacion europea y en sus economias fueron asimetricos. Este trabajo estudia los efectos econo-micos de la peste en Espana en el corto y largo plazo en perspectiva europea. Mientras que el impacto demo-grafico en Espana fue moderado comparado con la media europea, los efectos economicos fueron mas severos y el ingreso per capita descendio abruptamente. Esto se debio a la existencia de una economia de frontera en Espana caracterizada por la escasez de trabajo y un fragil equilibrio entre los factores de produccion. Al contra-rio que en la mayoria de Europa, en Espana la peste incremento la desigualdad al descender la remuneracion del trabajo mas rapidamente que las ganancias de los propietarios. En el largo plazo la peste reforzo el estatus de economia de frontera EnglishThe Black Death was the most devastating demographic shock in recorded human history. However, the effects in the European population were highly asymmetrical as were its economic consequences. This paper surveys the short and long run economic effects of the plague in Spain in European perspective. While the demographic impact in Spain was moderate compared to the European average, the economic effects were more severe and incomes per head fell sharply. This was a consequence of the existence of a frontier economy in Spain charac-terised by a relative scarcity of labour and a fragile equilibrium between factors of production. Unlike most of Europe, in Spain the Black Death increased inequality as the remuneration of labour decreased more rapidly than proprietors’ gains. In the long term the Plague reinforced the frontier economy status.
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